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Gut wrenching memoir by a brilliant and troubled 24 year old meth addict about his struggles to get and stay clean. I read this along with his father's book, Beautiful Boy, for a book discussion. Excellent insights into the social, physical and emotional aspects of addiction. This kid is one of the lucky ones because he had concerned parents who had the means to pay for lengthy stints in residential treatment centers.
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I read this right after Beautiful Boy. Reading the review, I feel like I didn't read the same books as the others. I ended up feeling like Beautiful Boy was a wasted read while I thought Tweak was a well told story. I felt like the son really bared his soul while it didn't feel like the father opened up much at all. I did thing it was interesting to read their two sides of it. I found these two books much more interesting than Comeback which covered similar events from a mother and daughter's pe
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Sometimes it is hard to review a book without making comparisons and I'm finding it especially hard with this title.
A month or two ago I read the same exact stories but told from the perspective of Nic Sheff's father in Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction. If you've read my review of that book you know that I highly recommend it. So headed into reading Nic's memoir, I lowered my expectations guessing that I had probably already read the better of the two books, but ...more
A month or two ago I read the same exact stories but told from the perspective of Nic Sheff's father in Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction. If you've read my review of that book you know that I highly recommend it. So headed into reading Nic's memoir, I lowered my expectations guessing that I had probably already read the better of the two books, but ...more
I really enjoyed this book and it definitely provides insight into the details of Nic's life and his addiction. I'm left wondering how similar his addiction is to that of other addicts. At least as portrayed in the book, much of Nic's addiction stems from his manic depression and self-loathing. This book and Beautiful Boy are definitely companion books -- I'd recommend that anyone who reads one pick up the other relatively soon afterwards.
Overall, I'm not as negative toward Nic's father, David, ...more
Overall, I'm not as negative toward Nic's father, David, ...more
I did not enjoy this book. It would be impossible to enjoy this book. However, I was fascinated by this book in that way that you are fascinated and have to look when you drive past an accident. I just could not turn away from this story. It was infuriating, depressing, hopeful (at times), heartbreaking, and everything in between all at once.
I have mixed feelings about this book. There were moments of real beauty and pain, and moments when I felt he was still... lying, trying to protect his father, trying still to be a good boy. What felt true was his self loathing, which made me cry a few times. Very interesting to read side by side with his fathers book, Beautiful Boy.
Pretty good book, had it's ups and downs. Where his father's book goes on a longer timeline than this one, reading this gives you a deeper look into his love for Zelda and where that took him. The first quarter of the book was depressing, as it should be, but I had hoped for a glimmer of hope somewhere. When he cleans up and moves back to work with Spencer's wife and to help that family, I gained hope, respect, and a better sense for who Nick could be. He spiraled back down when he lost himself
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Very heavy and not as emotional as his father's book. He definitely has the roller coaster of relapse and recovery and you pull for him every step of the way.
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May 09, 2008
Karlita
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